Refrigerator-building.



No. 716,344. Patented Dec. l6. I902. H. T. MYERS.

REFRIGERATOR BUILDING.

(Application filed Apr. 3, 1902.,

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REFRIGERATOR-BUILDING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 716,344, dated December 16, 1902.

Application filed April 3, 1902. Serial No. 101,198. (No modehl To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HELEN TRACY MYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colorado Springs, in the county of El Paso and State of Oolorado,have invented new and useful Improvements in Refrigerator-Buildings, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in refrigerator-buildings, the object being to provide means for cooling or reducing the temperature within a metal structure or building.

The invention appertains more particularly to houses designed for sleeping-apartments during torrid spells of weather and in torrid sections of the country as well as for sittingrooms and chambers for sick, delicate, and enfeebled persons.

The invention consists in the construction of ahouse to provide sides and a top of sheet metal or galvanized iron, such metallic structure being exteriorly covered with textile fabric, means being provided for applying Water to the fabric in order to reduce the temperature of the interior of the building by evaporation; also, in combination with such a structure of a fly and awnings to prevent direct rays of the sun falling on the building.

The invention further consists in the construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinafter set forth, and specifically pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a building made in accord With my invention, and Fig. 2 is a perspective View with the fly and awnings removed.

In carrying out my invention I construct a small portable house, both the roof and walls being of galvanized iron. The walls and roof are attached in any suitable manner to a frame, which rests upon a sill A, the sill inclining slightly toward the lowest portion of the ground on whichit is placed. The building is provided with the usual door and window, the door being preferably placed on the north side and the window on the south. The roof deemed necessary with eyelets.

are rods 1), which are connected to an upright attached to the highest point of the roof. Over the entire structure, except the door and window, is placed a complete covering or envelop of burlap or other textile fabric, which in practice may consist of two or three thicknesses, which are stitched together and provided at such points as are The lower edge of the cloth or fabric covering depends or rests in the trough O, which is secured to the side walls of the building and, rests upon the sill A, and this trough is slightly inclined, so that the Water may flow from the highest point of the sill to the lowest. The textile fabric or covering is maintained in place by hooks or other connecting means attached to the side walls of the building, especially about the door and window openings, it being understood that the textile envelop snugly covers or incases the roof and side walls, with the exception of the doors and windows.

Surrounding the building spirally so as to clear the window and door, are a series of hooks or hose-supports d, attached'to the side walls and passed through the covering therefor, and to one side of the door is an opening 01'. These books support a cotton hose D, which extends above the side walls at one corner, and above the support for the fly there may be a suitable fixture to carry a cowl or funnel I), having means for holding the same, so that the open mouth of the funnel will face the wind.

E refers to a water-pipe, which may be attached to one corner of the building to a height greater than the apex of the fly, said pipe terminating with a suitable nozzle above the apex of the roof and below the apex of the fly.

The side walls near their upper ends have ture within the building. A supply of air entering the funnel D and passing through the pipe D will be cooled and enters the building near its floor. The holesffprovide for the ventilation of the interior of the building, and

these aperturesf may have on the inner side small funnels to facilitate the egress of the inside air and to obstruct the ingress of hot air from without.

A fly G, of white duck, shaped to correspond with the roof, is maintained by the supporting-frame ata sufficient height to protect the roof from the direct rays of the sun, said fly being at such adistance above the roof that it will not shield the same from the wind.

To three sides of the building, preferably the east, south, and west, there are attached awnings H, which should not be lowered except to shield the sides from the sun. The awnings may be attached in any suitable manner.

The buildings constructed as described may be made so as to be portable and in practice can he, say, ten by ten by eight feet in height and will have a tight floor. Such a building may be placed upon a lawn or other site or can be placed on the roof of another building, and it will be readily understood that the evaporation of the water will cool the interior of the building.

The building may be used for storage of perishable articles.

When the building is situated upon a lawn and an ornamental appearance is desired, the structure may be inclosed within a lattice- Work, which will serve as a trellis for vines or running plants.

I have in the foregoing described and set forth one practical embodiment of my invention and stated the uses therefor; but it is obvious that the construction, arrangement, and design may be varied without departing from the spirit of my invention and that the uses to which the building is put are immaterial.

Where the building is only to be used at night as asleeping-apartment, it will be found unnecessary to provide it with a fly and awnings. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secnre'by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a building having a covering or envelop of textile fabric, a spirally-arranged series of supports, a cotton hose carried by said supports, one end thereof entering the building near the floor the other end having a funnel, and means for holding the mouth of the funnel toward the direction of the wind, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a refrigerator-building having metal walls and roof, the combination of a textile covering or envelop therefor, a trough which surrounds. the structure and is slightly inclined, a pipe or tube which is wound spirally about the building and is held in contact with the textile covering one end of said pipe entering the building near its floor, a series of ventilating-openings near the roof through the side walls and the textile covering, substantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

3. In combination with a building having sheet-metal side walls and roof, an envelop for the roof and the side walls made up of textile fabric, a trough surrounding the building into which the lower ends of the fabric depend, a water-supply pipe for discharging water upon the highest point of the envelop, a frame for supporting a fly or screen above and out of contact with the roof, a textile tube which extends spirally about the side walls of the building, one end of the tube entering the building near its floor, and a cowl connected to the other end of the tube, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

I HELEN TRACY MYERS.

Witnesses:

E. B. GREENLAND, J. STEWART. 

